No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 295



I knew Herschel and Jacqueline treated me like their own. But ever since I stumbled upon that contract, a nagging doubt crept in every time I faced them. I wanted to get the doubt out of my mind. I wanted to love them openly and accept their love without reservations.

Lord chuckled, "Like father, like daughter."

His words stopped me cold. He had just claimed he couldn't remember my father. He was lying to me.

Why?

I caught my breath, my fingers digging into my palm.

Then, Lord scoffed lightly, "Herschel mentions him every chance he gets. How could I forget a man I only met twice over a decade ago?"

My throat tightened. "Herschel talks about my dad... why?"

with a gesture. He walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the lush lawn. "What do you think Herschel would talk about your

playing his cards right.' I thought. I had no clue what Herschel might have

up and joined Lord by the window. "Herschel was one of my dad's only

respond, his gaze fixed

out

me of the expansive plains my parents took me to. Even though we weren't wealthy, they ensured we traveled every year. They avoided big cities, finding no charm in concrete and steel. Instead, they sought

beauty of nature.

The green lawn brought memories

to see the world's landscapes," I

any desire to travel. With the Wagner family, I declined whenever Herschet and Jacqueline planned a trip. Traveling had become

your dad, someone else is, too," Lord

listened, holding

I can't say, but it had nothing to do with Herschel," Lord cut straight to the chase, providing the

sure. Asking more could cast a shadow between me and Herschel. Even though Lord was speaking, it felt like Herschel